Begin urges 30 percent hike in cigarette tax
Federal Health Minister Monique Begin advocates a 30 per cent rise in cigarette taxes to cut consumption. She says the move could lower tobacco use by about 10 percent and would add roughly 27 cents to a pack. Begin noted revenu e windfalls and personal history with smoking while urging voluntary ad and packaging guidelines.
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Marc Lalonde
Canada
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Vancouver
Liberal nominee to run against Mulroney in Aug byelection
Alvin Sinclair, 51, principal of New Glasgow high school, won the Liberal nomination in Stellarton to challenge national Conservative Leader Brian Mulroney in the August 29 byelection. Iona Campagnolo urged Liberals to fight like hell and remove Mulroney’s mask, while Mulroney and his wife visited the riding after Bermuda.
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Iona Campagnolo
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Tory Elmer
Campagnolo
New Democrats
Roy DeMarsh
United Church
Sinclair
New Glasgow High School
MacKay
Mulroney
House of Commons
Pictou County
Naylor
Maislin near bankruptcy threatens 1500 Canadian jobs
Maislin Industries Ltd faces bankruptcy with Maislin Transport Ltd filing for a moratorium to Oct 31 as it restructures. The trucking empire laid off 3,000 workers, 1,500 in Canada and 1,500 in the United States, with about 750 recalled for on hand shipments. Creditors include a $40 million loan from the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and a $7 million National Bank of Canada debt, as total liabilities reach $98.3 million against $75 million in assets.
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Richard Skillinger
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United States
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Daniel Danino
Richter and Associates Inc
Maislin Industries
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Detroit
Danino
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National Bank of Canada
Abolition of B C Human Rights Commission shocks activists
Alberta and national rights groups condemn British Columbia moves to dissolve the Human Rights Commission and the labor branch as part of cost cutting. Alberta officials say no plan to follow suit, while advocates warn recessions tempt abuses and reduced protections.
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Alberta
Canada
British Columbia Human Rights Commission
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B.C
Social Credit
Human Rights Commission
Ecunonic Times
Antonio
Sheila O’brien
Les Young
Alberta Human Rights Commission
Diver near death shocks Edmonton following risky plunge
Soviet athlete Sergei Shlibashvili lies unconscious near death in Edmonton just 20 days after his 21st birthday. The incident during a dive has prompted questions as thousands of athletes head home after the event.
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Sergei Shlibashvili
Shlibachvili
University of Alberta
Tbilisi
John Read
Shlibashvili
Alberta groups seek changes in lottery profits split
Alberta aims to revise the distribution of more than nine million dollars yearly from government lottery profits. The Calgary and Edmonton exhibition associations could be big losers, while small community groups stand to gain. a new formula, to be announced in November, will apply from April next year.
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